Apparatus for making feather boas and the like.



C. L. KAUFMAN.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING FEATHER BOAS AND THE LIKE.

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THE COLUMBIA PLMjoGRAFl-l co., WASHINGTON, D C.

C. L. KAUFMAN.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING FEATHER BOAs AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, I914. I

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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U TE STATES PATENT-oilin CHARLES L. KAUFMAN, OF nnernwocn, New JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 'ro ALEX NDER ARBIB, OF NEW YORK, Y.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING F-EATHERBOAS AND THE LIKE.

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This invention relates broadly to appa rat-us for making feather boas and the like, and contemplates more particularly the provision of means adapted to present to a predetermined point, preferably adjacent a sewing or binding instrumentality, a substantially continuous line of appropriate material, thereat preferably to be bound together" 7 and transformed intoa boa orthe like.

A further object of the this invention is to. provide a device or devices adapted to maintain in a predetermined line of travel certain predetermined portions of'the material or units of material, as, for instance, the

fiues and quills of feathers or the like;

Another object is to provide sucha device or devices that the quills will be directed each to follow a predetermined line of travel, and also a device or devices adapted to grip or clasp the fines during movements of the units of material whereby said units will be prevented predeterminedly fromrhaving any relative movement one with reference to another.

Another object is to provide transporting means for the units of material whereby the units may be mounted thereon at a'plurality:

of predeterminedly spaced locations.

- A further object is to. provide a-plurality 1 of independent instrumentalities each adapted predeterminedly to transport the units of material during a maintenance of thesaid units in predetermined adjustment with relation to each other, and in connection therewithan instrumentality whose function it is to transfer said units of materlal from one of said transportation lnstrumentallties to another. I r

Other objects and aims of thls lnventlon,

Specification of Letters Patent; Patented Feb, 8, 1916.

Application filed January'5, 1914. Serial no. 810,391.

. more or less broad than those stated above,

together with the advantages inherent, will be 1n part obvious and in part specifically principles constituting theinvention; and the scope of protection contemplated will appear from the claims.

, Referring now to the accompanying drawreferred to in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts, and applications of Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed view disclos ing certain of the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4 is'a sectional view, taken on the line l4 of Fig. 1 Fig. 5 is .a sectional View,

taken on the line 55 of, Fig. 4:; Fig. 6 is a sectional view, taken on the line 6'6 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view on an enlargedscale, showing certain of theparts also disclosed in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4c, 5 and 6; Fig. 8 is a top plan view, partly broken away of oneof the partssho wn in Fig. 7

Fig. 9 is-a sectional view,-taken on the line 99 of Fig. 8; Fig. 10 is-a sectional view, taken on the line 1010 of Fig. 1; Fig. 11 is a sectional view, taken on the line 11.11 of Fig. 1; Fig. 12. is a detail perspective view, on an enlarged scale, showing certain of the parts disclosed in Figsl, 4, 5, 7 and 8; Fig. 13 is aside elevation, on an enlarged scale, showing certain of the parts disclosed in Figs. 1, 4, 5 and 7; Fig. 14 is an end eleva-j tion of theparts shown in Fig. 13 and look-- ing in the direction of'the arrow 14:; and

Fig. '15 is a detail view disclosing certain of the parts shownin Fig. 1- as they would appear if viewed as indicatedby the arrow 15.

, Similarzreference characters refer tosimij lar parts throughout the several views of the.

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Now, taking-up particularly the description. of the illustrative embodiment of this invention disclosed in the drawings, it is preliminarily stated that the conveying means now about to be disclosed are illustrative merely, and are shown in more or less spaced apart and contacting relations, the characteristics of which, as well as the characteristics of the other individual elements and pluralities of elements, are not essential to the essence of the invention.

There is shown as extending transversely of Figs. 1 and 4 a main driving shaft 16, assumed to be preferably connected with suitable power. This shaft carries fixedly thereon a gear 17 and a crank 18. Within table 19 is set, as best shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the bed-plate or lower casing 20 of a sewing machine of suitable type.

The sewing machine is driven by the gear 17 through the pinion 21 and the gear 22, which last is suitably mounted upon the main drive-shaft of the sewing machine.

The gear 23 is driven intermittently during a continuous rotation of shaft 16,

through these means, to wit, the crank 18,

the link 25, the lever 26 (which is loosely pivoted about the shaft 27), the pawl 28, and the ratchet 29. The gear 23 and the ratchet 29, as well as a sprocketqvheel 30 are preferably fixedly mounted upon the shaft 27. A preferably flexible detent 36 is mounted upon table 19 and cooperates with ratchet 29 as shown in Fig. 1.

Sprocket-wheel 30, being thus intermittently driven, transmits, through the chain 24, an intermittent drive to the sprocket 31. Gear meshes with a gear fixedly mounted on shaft 33, and gear 32 meshes with a gear 3%, fixedly mounted on shaft 35.

Now of the gear 23', gear 32, sprocketwheel 31 and gear 3 1-, mentioned 1n the next preceding three para-graphs, it may be stated, first, that the gear23, through the pulley 37 fixedlyconnected thereto, intermittently drives the pair of belts 38-; second, that the gear 32, through the pulley 39 fixedly connected thereto, similarly intermittently drives the pair of belts l0;

third, that the sprocket-wheel 31, through the pulley ll fixedly connected thereto, similarly intermittently drives the belt 42; and, fourth, that the gear 34, through the roller 43, fixedly connected thereto, similarly intermittently drives the completed line of material 44% from the rear of the machine as shown in Fig. 1. From the design of the teeth shown (said Fig. 1) as being herecarried by ratchet 29, it will be seen that cooperating simultaneously belts 419' are intermittently fed in the direction of the arrow 45: and belts 38 and 42 are intermittently fed in the di rection of the arrow E6; these belts here as hereinafter described to transport a continuous line of units of material from about the point 47 (Fig. 1)., past the needle 48 of the sewing machine,

and toward what may be termed the two exit-rollers 43 and 19. This roller 49 has not previously been mentioned, but the same is provided with a smooth peripheral surface (bide Fig. 15) which bears resiliently, due to the usual mounting therefor indicated at 50 in Fig. 1, against a similar peripheral surface provided on the roller 4E3 (oz'dcFig. 15).

At one end of the table 19 is located a pulley 51, journaled in brackets 52 (shown in Fig. 5). This pulley is a guiding agent for the pair of belts to; the belts being sidewisely spaced by the four spaced annular ribs carried by pulley 51 as best disclosed in Fig. 3, the two inner ribs defining therebetween as shown a V-shaped annular groove 53 From pulley 51 the belts 40 run horizontally over table 19 as shown in Figs. 1, 4C, 5 and 7, in close proximity to and in superposition upon the horizontally extending lengths, of each of the complementary pair of belts 38. And although hereinafter aedetailed description of the operation of this type of apparatus will be entered into, it may aid comprehension at this point to state that it is'between the contacting surfaces of pairs of belts a0 and 38 that the line of material is gripped, after leaving the spiked belt 42, and transported toward and beyond the sewing means, in such manner that various alining and compress ing instrumentalities hereinafter described will arange such material in a preferable disposition as it approaches the sewing point and also therebeyond. The belts 40 and 38, as well as the belt 42, along their respective horizontal lengths are adapted for simultaneous and similar travel in the direction of the arrow 46, vdue to the presence of the driving and connecting instrumentalities described in the preceding paragraph. After passing over pulley 51, belts 40 next pass overthe pulley 39, which is generally similar to pulley 51 (even preferably to the. extent of being'provided with a. similar annular groove 53), as best disclosed in Fig. 15, and thence pass over pulleys 5% as best disclosed in Fig. 1.

Pulleys 54, each revolubly mounted as shown upon fixture 55, constitute with said fixture a conveniently adjustable instrumcn tality for a tightening or slackening of said belt-s r0. Fixture 5.5 is rotatively mounted upon a transverse rod 56, and is adjustable upon said rod by means of the cooperation of the arcuate slot carried by said fixture with a clamp-nut or the like mounted upon the rod 57. Pulleys 5st carry between belts 1-0 an annular rib similar to that disclosed in Fig. 15 as carried by pulley 38. In further aid of spacing these belts, fixture 55 carries. a plate 58which. fixedly supports a plurality of spacing blocks similar tov the blocks 59' supported by the U-shaped hanger carried by brackets '52. The rod and blocks carried by these brackets 52 are best disclosed in Figs. 1 and 4. At this point attention may be called to one of the functions served by fixture 55, and this is, that when said fixture is swung on its rod 56, in a clockwise direction belts 40 will be sufliciently slacked to be readily disengaged from pulleys 55, to the end that the belts 40 may be swung out ofthe way and thereupon belts 38 may also be swung out of the way so that access to the sewing machine or other parts of the embodiment may conveniently be had. N ow tracing the paths of travel of the pair of belts '38, it will be seen that the belts pass over a pulley 37similar (see Fig. 4) to the pulley 39'an'd fixedly carried by the shaft 27. From this pulley 37 the belts 38 are adapted to travel in the, direction of the arrow 46 to pass over the pulley 61, mounted upon the shaft 62, and thence pass over the pulley 63, mounted upon the shaft 64, thereupon to take up their hori- Zontal lengths of travel. The travelof the belts 38 over pulley 63 will clearly be'understood whenit is observed from Figs. 1'

and 2 that the spike-belt 42 hereinafter described passes also over said pulley 63 but between the belts 38, the belt 42 being guided over said pulley and spaced from the belts 38 as illustrated in Fig. 1 by means of two of the four ribs 65 carried by said pulley 63.

As best shown when Figs. 2 and 7 are examined in connection with each other, and particularly when it is remembered that Fig. 7 discloses certain of the-parts of Fig. 1 as they would be perspectively viewed in the direction of the arrow 46 of said Fig.

1, the supporting table 19 has a transverse terminal edge which underlies the pulley 51. An auxiliary feeding table 66 is here employed in connection ith said table 19 in such a manner that the u per surface of table 66 (Fig. 6) is slightly Rmlow the level of the upper surfaceof table 19 and that the edge 66 (Fig. 2) of said auxiliary table is in abutment against the transverse edge of table 19 above-mentioned. As perhaps best shown in Fig. 6, collateral reference beingfhad to Figs. 2 and 5, auxiliary table 66 is a generally flat, elongated plate having a slot medially and longitudinally formed upon the upper surface thereof for the accommodation of the spike-belt42, which belt after traversing the pulley 63, settles within the slot just mentioned and traverses said slot in the direction of the arrow46 shown in Fig. 1 until said belt is enabledto descend toward the pulley 41- as shown in Figs. '1, 521ml 7. The spike-belt thence passes over the several pulleys 67,68, 69 and 70 all suspended beneath the table 66 and each adjustable to tighten or slacken the belt 42 asindicated. These'pulleys 67 68,

691and'7 O as welltas the guiding instrumentalities 71 and 72, respectively"associated with the pulleys 67 and 70, will be hereinafter described more in detail. It will be obser ed from Figs. .1, 10 and 11 that the parallel belts38 below said table 66 pass said pulleys 68, 69 and70without interference therewith, said belts 38 thence passing. over the pulley 63,'as perhapsbest-shown in Fig.2, and running over the upper surface of table 66 and alongside spike-belt. 42 as best disclosed in Figs. 2,. 5, 6. and '7. Belts 38 (Figs. 2 and 6 particularly) are guided in their paths of travel over said table 66- bymeans of the rigid guide bars 73. .It may here be statedthat the function of spike-belt 42 in the present instance is to present with reference to the auxiliary table 66 .a predeterminedly elongated length of effective feed between the limits of which feathers may be manually or otherwise forced into engagement with the U-shaped spikes or staples 74 carried here at regular intervals by the belt 42. V

- As best shown in Fig. 6, the'quills of feathers lie between the upstanding branches of the staples 74, the lines of the feathers ex-" tending outwardly past said branches to lie over belts 38-; it being desirable that during a transportation of the line of feathers by the belt 42 the portions of said feathers shall b'e arranged substantially horizontally, andv resilient material or having a slight tendency to act in a resilient manner. When belt 42 commences as aforesaid" to branch downwardly from the'pathsof travel of belts 38 (see. Figs. 1, 5 and .7) toward pulley .41, the staples 74 gradually descend withthebelt 42 in accordance with the disclosure of said figures until, completely entering the under-' cut inclined slot 76 formed in table 19 (Fig. 5), said staples entirely disengage themselves from the line of feathers at a predetermined instant just following the -.instant when said line of feathers becomes gripped between belts 40' and'38' underneath pulley 51,. up to whichoccurrence the staples 74 have effectually served the purpose of maintaining the feathers comprising the line of material in the identical relative dispositions'which they occupied upon their initial engagements with staples 74. The just-described operation may perhaps be better understood from an examination of 1 and 5,.weretl1ey observed in the direction of the arrow 46 of Fig. 2; in said Fig. 7 the belt 42 being shown traveling in the direction of its adjacent arrow and the belts 38 and 40 being shown traveling in the direction of their respectively adjacent arrows. The member will be described in detail hereinafter.

Referring nowparticularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, Fig. 3 being merely a slightly enlarged view of the left-hand end of Fig. 2, it will be seen that on either side of table 66 is what maybe termed an auxiliary workbench 76, each work-bench having two semicircular segments removed therefrom as indicated whereby an operator may be seated or disposed within each of the spaces 77. These operators may each thus have a suitable space', for the sorting, arrangement, &c., of a supply of feathers or the like, available at his right-hand. Slightly ahead of the position of each feeder, the expressions being used with reference to the direction of travel of belt 42, there is located a bracket 78, fixedly mounted upon table 66 and carrying a clamping-block which overlies the line of feed of belt 42 as disclosed. Each block is adapted to mount upon its supporting bracket an obliquely extending, preferably resilent presser-finger 7 9, which extends downwardly to enter between the two substantially parallel lines of spikes established by the succession of staples 74. A portion of one of these presser-fingers with reference to members 75, and with reference to an assumed presence of a line of material overlying said member 7 5v and being transported by spike-belt 42, is perhaps best dis closed in Fig. 7. The function of these presser fingers is to completely press down upon the surface of member 75 those feathers which the operators may have fed to staples 74 but may not have pushed fully down against belt 42.

The construction of member 75 may now be described. The said member is in the main an elongated, preferably resilient bar ,of the cross-section shown in Fig. 6. The

terminus of said bar adjacent pulley 63 is formed as best shown at the right-hand end of Fig. 1 and at the left-hand end of Fig. 7 to the end that the curved undersurfacc of said bar may overlie the upper surface of belt 42 between the staples 74 during a fraction of the passage of said belt over said pulley 63. The blade-like member 7 5 (Fig. 7 which thus overlies a portion of pulley 63 is beveled upwardly from its lower-most edge 75 (Fig. 7), to the end that the upcoming staples may unerringly have all their branches separated so that one branch of each staple will advance with the belt 42 while being separated from the other branch of said staple by the elongated bar which in the main constitutes member 75. Member 75'. also. carries'an upwardly extending portion 7 9 which. is fixedly attached to a fixed transverse supporting plate 80.

The elongated bar of member 75 is undercut adjacent the point 81 (Fig. 7; see also Fig. This undercut conformation is provided in view of the following desidera-ta. First, the undersurface of said undercut portion should preferably be mounted directly upon the upper surface of table 19. Second, the undersurface of the said elongated bar of member 75 is preferably arranged on the table 66 at a lower level than the surface of the table 19 due to the facts (a) that, with reference to their passage over the table 66, the upper surfaces of belts. 38 are preferably level with the upper surface of said main portion of the member 75 (see Figs. 5 and 6) and (b) that, with reference to their passage over the table 19, the upper surfaces of the belts are preferably at such a higher level than the upper surface of the troughed-part of member 7 5 which overlies said table 19 (Figs. 1, 14 and 12) that the quills of the feathers, as well as the binding cord 82 hereinafter mentioned, may be suitably accommodated with reference to the level of the mutually contacting surfaces of belts 3'8 and 40.

Continuing a description of the construe tion of member 75, and more particularly of the end portion thereof which is disclosed to the right of Fig. 7, it will be seen from said Fig. 7 and also from Figs. 8 and 9 that transversely of the member 75 is formed a vertical wall bounded by a horizontal line 83. and by an arcuate line which marks the termination of a rounded, preferably shallow trough 84 formed in the upper surface of member 75. 'It will be seen best from Figs. 7 and 8 that this trough is not of uni form width throughout its length, the member 75- as disclosed in said Figs. 7 and 8 being provided'with a plurality of preferably sidewisely resilient fingers 85 separated from the portion of said member which lies between said fingers by the slots 86 and that what may be considered portions of member 75 in continuation of said fingers 85 aid in constituting a wider trough to the right of the line AA of Fig. 7. As best shown in Fig. 5 this Wide trough extends to terminate here as shown beneath the presscr-foot 87 blending intoan auxiliary trough-carrying plate '88. Plate 88 is preferably separablyprovided, rather than integrally with member 75, so that said plate only need be removed in case access to the interior of the casing be desired. The construction of the presser-foot itself may now be taken up. It will be best seen from'Fig. 12 that a presserfoot proper of the usual type is here utilized. Longitudinally of its undersurface the same is grooved as best indicated in Fig.

5, the groove being preferably transversely l also Figs. 13 and 14, and Fig. 7).

archedfso that the saidgroove may cooperate with plate 88 and the adjacent endportion of member 75 to establish a tube or tunnel for the guidance therethrough ad; j acent the sewing pointof the feather-quills.

and cord 82; the feather-fines, it being un-. derstood, being gripped fast between belts 38 and 40. A U-shaped plate 89, upwardly canted as 'shown, is rigidly carried by the presser-foot,-

and is preferably adapted to press strongly of which said plate is constructed as well as to the usual resilient mounting of the presser-foot itself. The belts 3'8 and 40 advancing intermittently as aforesaid, theusualupwardly-thrusting feed-plate of the sewing machine is removed; the Presser-foot on'the slate 88 being merely slotted in the.

vertical 'alinement' (Fig. 5) desirable to enable the needle 48 to predeterminedly coact with the selected bobbin-meanslocated' within casing 20. While in Fig. 12 only the cord 82 is disclosed,-an assumption of the presence beneath said cord and between belts 38 and of a line of feathers'as indicated in Fig. 14 will render understandable the man ner in which the feathers are stitched and bound to the cord to establish the predeterminedly continuous boa or the like; for

it will be clear that the-needle 48, in accordance with the design of the well-known type of sewing machine preferably employed,

first descends to one side'of the cord 82 (as indicated in full lines in Fig. 12) and'n'ext descends to the other side of saidcord (as indicated in broken lines in F1g. 12),

thereby to create the zigzag stitch indicated in broken lines in said Fig. 12 at90.

While it is obviously rather plain sailing for the stitched boa past the plate'88,except perhaps with relation to the final exit Without damage of the boa from-the apparatus (the operation of the'means for which exit will be hereinafter explained), itis desirable that the transportation of the line of feathers by means of belts 38 and 40 from the line AA of Fig. 7 to or adjacent-the up-canted edge of plate 8 9 (Fig. 12), without danger of a displacement of one feather with relation to another, shallbe more certain than the assurance afforded by the fact that belts 38 and '40 are preferably in a stretched condition. In aid of this, there 'is here provided upon the presserfoot an auxiliary term1nal-p1ece'91 as best shown in Fig. 12. In'connection with this terminal piece, and in terminal contact preferably therewith, is provided a suspended inverted trough 92 as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 (see trough is adjustably hung from the hanger This 93 as disclosed, and the hanger is mounted up'on table 193 b'yqrn'eans of the bracket ,94, earned by the horizontal, transverse bars 95'. Adjacent-each terminus of each bar 95 is a vertical slot for the reciprocal accommo dation in each slot as shown of a rod 96, rods 96 supporting the presser-blocks 97 in forced vertical thrust against belts 38 and 40, due

tothe provision'of the .expansile springs 98 oneof each which is coiled about one of each of-rods 96..v I The better to guide the completedfboa toward the exit-means,- here including the:

surface an inverted trough as bestshown inv Hg. 5. .Member 99-is suspended from a crossbar 101, said cross-bar also carrying two sus-. pended guide-blocks 102 for the belts 38 and. 40' (Fig. 4) and itself being ,adjustably mounted upon the bosses 103 (Figs. 1 and 4).

The manner ,offeeding the cord 82 may now be traced." The cord is here led from the reel 104 (Figs. 1 and 4) to the wire-coil105 (Fig. 1) thence through the 'arcuate. slot 106 formed in the fixture 55,'thence past a-suitable pulley or the like beyond said slot :in such mannerzthat saidcord advances preferably toward the annular groove 53 as shown in Fig. 3,"thence around said-pulley in the direction of the arrow 45 of Fig: 1, thence over the :line of feathers that (Figs. 1, 5 and7) is becoming disengaged from the sta-' ples 7 4 at the instant when said line'is being drawn between the contacting surfaces of I belts 38-iand 40, thenceunder the inverted.

trough 92 (Fig.'1 4), thence under the p'resser-foot (Fig. 12), thenceand here-.

after as acomponent part of the built-up boa-under the member 100,- thence'toward the annular groove 53 (Fig. 151), thence around said groove ina clock-wise direction, and thence around the periphery .of roller 43 in an anti clockwisedirection. The reel 104 is here revolubly mounted as shown, and has associated therewith in the present instance "a'usual type of friction-means 107 adjustable predeterminedly to place aslight draft upon cord 82.

The travel of spikerbelt 42 in the direc tion of'arrow 46 (Fig.1) is asaforesaid overzthe groove formed between ribs 65 on' pul1ey 63 (Fig. 2), thence under member 75, but with the staples 74 upstanding beyond the'upper surface of said-member (Figs. 1,

6 and 7),thence gradually descending from and 7), and thence to pass over the 4.1, 67,; 68," 69 and 70 (Fig.- 11).

1 Fig-lat once illustrates the here common association with said member (Figs. 1, 5 pulleys features of pulleys 69, 68 and 41. From Fig. 1 it will be seen that while the staples 7 4 are arranged to radiate from the peripheries of the pulleys above-mentioned, they are directed inwardly toward the centers of lies between-"the upstanding branches ofgits line or staples 74. Thefunc'tioii of guid ing instrun entalities 'il and 72, each preferably adjustable with reference to the periphery of its adjacent pulley "as shown, is to prevent any staple 7 4 from becoming e'ntangled. with or distorted or bent by the pulley 67 or 70 overwhich itis being transported; each of said instrumentalities 7'1 and 72 in thepresentieinbodimentbeing constructed as shown in Figs. land 10. V Theoperation of thise 'liod'ment of the invention, which should, by the foregoing description, largely. be obvious, is substantially as follows :As many-operators may be employed as. desired, such that, for instance, certain'of the spaces 7 7 (Fig. 2) may be unoccupied or additional spaces77 or the like may be provided. It is desirable to have the belt 42'advance as rapidly'aspossible and consistent withgood piling. by the operators, it being remembered. that through the connecting iristrumentalities above described the said belt 42, belts 38 and 40 are preferably driven intermittently and also uniformally. Thus, in accordancewith the number of operators utilized and with the average of skill of the said operators calculated, the said belts are driven at an appropriate .predetermihedspeed to attain the best results. .It is the duty pf each operator to lay upon the line of staples 7 4 which is passing his space 77 a predetermined number of feathers, each operator thus feeding preferably simultaneously, to the end that when the portion ofthe belt 42 Which has passed in sequence all of'the operators employedand is-proceeding beyond the operator nearest the pulley 51, said portion will support-a predetermined thickness of feather material. As aforesaid, the presserfingers 7 9' serve the useful function of ,padding down the feathers. fed to and being transported. by belt 42. In the intermittent feed of'the belts v42, 38 and 40 in the direction of the arrow 46, the line of feathers will be carriedbeneaththe horizontal course of the upperbelts .40, the quills will'be. finally alined by the untiltedbranch'es of staples 74 as saidstaples'asaforesaid descend with the belt 42 toward pulley 41 and said quills will be advanced underneath the groove 53 and the cord '83 4 (Fig. 3) to enter the tunnel or tube established above a portion of member 75 which lies on table 19 and under the trough '92 (Figs. 5 and 14), and the fines of the feathers will be gripped fast between the opposed members of the two pairs of belts 88 and 40 and fixe'dly carried along with them to maintain the just-described alinemerit of the quills. Qn passing finally beyond the trough92, the line of material is guided underneath the arched-trough of the presser=foot (Figs. 5 and .12). While the line is advancing a step thene'edle is up, and during the pauses in such intermittent advance the needle Y descends, alternately on one and 'the other'side of the cord 82 (Fig. 12), puncturing'thefeathers on the opposite sides of the'superposed cord, and cooperatingwith other parts ;of the sewing machine which are dperative'below the feathers, to stitch "the feathers together by the well-- known zig-za'g stitch as indicated at 90 in Fig. 12. Referring'now particularly to Figs. 1, 4 and 5, thence the line of feathers is conveyed, incidentally passing over the troughplate 99 and under'the suspended-plate 100, until it makes egress between belts 38 and 40 by'entering the annular groove 53 (Fig. 15.) formed onpulley 39.

Attentionis called to the important fact th'atbefore the boat is bythe action of rollers 43 and 49deflected from adjacency with belts 40, it ha's'beenv entirely removed from any contact between belts 40 and'38 or with belts 38 at'all, thus preventing any possibility that the action of rollers 43 and 49 willfcaus'e an accidental or other injury to the delicate'flues of the feathers then being gripped between said belts. 38 and 40. It should, also be noted that when once a line of cord 82 has been run through the machine, to continue until almost exhausted inl'ength, the new length will merely have to be knotted 'to the end of the preceding 'cord in order to continue the proper operation of the machine. The importance of maintaining the horizontally spaced relation between the belts, especially adjacent the field. of operations 'of the sewing machine will be"appreciated, which end is attained hereby the provision fthe portion of member75 which lies upon table 19, the plate 88, the plate 99, the parts carried by the crosspiece'lOl, thespacing -blocks 59, andthe various ribs carried as shown by the pulleys which guide said .belts38 and 40; as well as the necessity for keeping the binding cord 82 in proper tension and; properly alined so that the jdanger ofthe' needle. piercing the coroLor plate is "avoided, which. end is accomplished here the tension-device 107, the; predetermine'dly driven .rollers .43 and 49, thespring mounting 50 of the roller 49,

' means for transporting a line of feathers past said sewing means; a translatable carrier groove 53 I carried a by' the parallel series of spikes longitudinally arranged on the carrier, and a rod-like mem;

tion of said carrier and between said series of spikes, said spikes projecting above the upper surface of said member.

' 2. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, a sewing means, conveying means for transporting a line of feathers past said sewing means; a translatable carrier movable toward said conveying means and including a plurality of substantially parallel series of spikes longitudinally arranged on the carrier, and a rod-like member lying over the median longitudinal portion of said carrier and between said series of spikes, said spikes projecting above the upper surface of said member; and a resilient member which extends downwardly toward said rod-like member.

3. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, a sewing means, conveying means for transporting a line of feathers past said sewing means; a translatable carrier movable toward said conveying means and including a plurality of substantially parallel series of spikes longitudinally arranged on the carrier, and a rod-like member lying over the median longitudinal portion of said carrier and between said series of spikes, said spikes projecting above the upper surface of said member; said rodlike member being fixed relatively of said translatable carrier and serving to support the quills of feathers the lines of which are engaged by said spikes.

4. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, a sewing means, conveying movable toward said conveying; means and including a plurality of substantially parallel series of spikes longitudinally arranged on the carrier, and a rod-like member lying over the median longitudinal portion of said carrier and between said series of spikes,

said spikes projecting above the upper surface of said member; sald member term1-- nating adjacent said conveying means in a trough-like portion.

5. In apparatus of the class described," in combination, a sewing means, conveymg means for transporting a line of feathers past said sewing means; a translatable carrier movable toward said conveying means and including a plurality of substantially parallel series of: spikesilongitudinally ar.-. 7 ranged on the'carrier, anda rod-like member lying over the median longitudinal portion of said carrier and'between said series of spikes, said spikesprojecting abovethe upper surface ofsaid member; said carrier advancing to a predetermined point adja; cent said conveying means and thereupon advancing to become removed from said predetermined point and said members carryfing adjacentsaid conveyingmeans a pluber lying over the median longitudinal por rali'ty of slots through which said spikes may pass when said carrier advances as aforesaid to become removed from said predetermined point.

6. In apparatus of the class'described,.in combination, a sewing means, a plurality of conveying means for transporting a line of feathers past said sewing means, one of said plurality passing to one side of said sewing means and the other passing to the other side of said sewing means whereby in'ad-t vance of said sewing'means there is provided a longitudinal space between said conveying means for the accommodation of the quills of the feathers, an endless belt movable toward said conveying means and including a plurality of substantially parallel series of v spikes longitudinally arranged on the belt, and a rod-like member lying over themedian longitudinal portion of said carrier and between said series of spikes, said spikes projecting above the upper surfaceof'said member. J

7. In apparatus'of the class described, in combination, a sewing means, a plurality of conveying means for. transporting a line of feathers past said sewing means, one means of said. plurality passing to one side of said 7 sewing means and'the other passing to the other side of said sewing means whereby in advance of said sewing means there is provided a longitudinal space between said-conveying means for the accommodation of the quills of the feathers, an endless belt movable toward said conveying means and ineluding a plurality of substantially parallel series of spikes longitudinally arranged onthe belt, and a rod-like member lying over the median longitudinal portion of said carrier and between said series of spikes, said spikes projecting above the upper surface of said member said member terminating adjacent said conveying means in a trough-like portion which lies in the longitudinal space" between said conveying means.

8. In apparatus of the class described, in

combination, an endless belt carrying a pluspikes longitudinally arranged on the belt, a plurallty of guiding instrumentalities over which the belt passes whereby a portion of said belt traverses a substantially hori zontal course, and a rod-like member overlying the median longitudinal portion of said -.be1t and'between said series of spikes, While the same is passing over one of said it sa1d;sp1ke s PTOJGCtlIlg' above the upper surguldlng lnstrumentahties.

face of said member, said rod-likeunember In Witness whereof I have here-unto signed havlng ,a terminal portion adjacent one tei my name the pnesence of two witnesses. e minus OI said horizontal course which 1s CHARLES L KAUFMAN provided with ,a depending portion that guides said series of spikes to :pass one on Witnesses:

each :side of said rod-like member, said de- JOSEPH ARBIB, pending portion bearing against Said belt IsAAQ SCHWARTZ.

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